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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Hi there sweet blogfriends / Hej kære blogvenner,
I know, I´ve been a bit quiert here again, but haven´t been on top lately, since my back began to play up here again in the Holiday, but I did want to wish all of you a very Happy New Year, and I hope, you´ll all have a wonderful time with your family and friends, if you´re celebrating this night. But please be careful with all the fireworks, as we unfortunately hear about way too many accidents this night every year.
We´re just spending it nice and quiert, just the two of us, so it wount be anything crazy here.
I have a few more things to show you from this year, but I´ll do that over the next few days here, so I hope, you´ll come back later to see it, and I also have taken some pics from our Christmas and all the great gifts I got too, but as I said, I´ll share all this over the next few days here, but for now, I´ll just wish all of you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR, and may 2014 be the best year ever for all of us.

Thanks sooo much for everything during the last year, for all the great friendships and all the sweet comments inhere and all the inspirations, you´ve all shared with me. Happy New Year and take good care of yourself out there tonight.
Tusind tak for alt her gennem det sidste år, for alle de pragtfulde venskaber, der er kmmet til, og alle de super søde kommentarer her og for al inspirationen som I alle har delt med mig. Godt Nytår og pas rigtig godt på jerself derude her i aften.
Biiiiiiig warm hugs / Knuuuuuuuuuuuzer
Maryann

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Sorry guys, I totally forgot to blog last night. I was just so tired, I could hardly keep my eyes open, so I forgot all about it, until I saw it here today, that I was a daty behind, but then you´ll get a bit longer entry today with many pictures.
Undskyld venner, jeg glemte fuldstændig at blogge i aftes. Jeg var simpelthen så træt, at jeg dårlæigt kunne holde øjnene åbne, så jeg kom slet ikke herud igen senere som jeg plejer, og opdagede først her idag, at jeg var en dag bagud igen., men så får I et lidt længere indlæg her idag med en del billeder.

I´ve been in an group on the Danish Forum Scrapsisters, where we´ve swapped Adventsgift, but because more of us had made them the same for all the participants, we agreed not to show anything until we had all opened them all. And today it´s the 4th sunday in Advent, so we opened the last one, so now we can show all the wonderful goodies we´ve got, so here they all come at once:
Jeg har deltaget i adventskalenderen på Scrapsisters her, men da flere af os havde lavet ens pakker til alle, blev vi enige om, ikke at vise noget, før vi alle havde åbnet alle pakkerne, for ikke at ødelægge noget for nogen. Og da det jo idag er 4.søndag i advent, og vi nu har åbnet den sidste alle sammen, kan vi jo så nu vise alle herlighederne, som vi har fået, så her kommer de alle sammen på en gang.

Here´s all the parcels, that I recieved last November and have been looking at ever since LOL.
Her er alle pakkerne, som ankom sidst i november, og som jeg har gået og kikket på lige siden he he.

1st. sunday I got this one from Christina / 1.søndag fik jeg denne her fra Christina

And look at all the amazing goodies, that came out of it here. Absolutely gorgeous stuff all of it.
Og se lige alle de pragtfulde godter, som væltede ud af den her. Alle er simpelthen bare pragtfulde Tusind tak Christina.

And look at all these wonderful goodies too, they´re just awesome, and she had also sent a special pencil, that´s to use to pick up small beads and bling and that kind of stuff, and it works perfectly. Just amazing stuff.
Og se så lige alle de skønne herligheder her også. Deriblandt en af Pip´s hjertebørn den berømte blyant til at samle sten og perler op med, og jeg er helt overvældet hvor godt den virker, for ja, den blev prøvet af øjeblikkeligt he he. Tusind tak Pips.

The next pictures here are all Christmascards, that I´ve recieved from members of the christmascard group on Scrapsisters too, where we were all sending a christmascards to all the other on the list. Now I´ve recieved them all too, and look at all these gorgeous cards, that I´ve recieved here the last weeks from all the girls, ain´t they beautiful?
De næste mange billeder, er alle sammen af julekort, som jeg har modtaget fra pigernei julekortgruppen på Scrapsisters også, hvor vi ale skulle sende et julekort til alle de andre på listen. Nu har jeg også modtaget alle dem, og se nu her alle de pragtfulde kort, jeg har fået her de sidste uger. Er de ikke bare pragtfulde?

First one here is from Anne Bente / Det første her er fra Anne Bente.

The second one is from Bente / det andet her er fra Bente

And this is Bentes inside, where she has written a recipee for Gingerbread cookies
Og det her er Bentes indeni, hvor hun har skrevet en opskrift på peberkager.

And the last one here is NOT from the cardgroup, but one I got from another girl on this forum too. It´s from Camilla and her beautiful daughter Silke.
Og det sidste her er ikke fra julekortgruppen, men stadig fra en af pigerne på Scrapsisters. Det er fra Camilla og hendes lille pragtfulde datter Silke.
Thanks sooooooooooooooooo very very much to everyone here, who´s been sending me both gidts and cards and been making my December sooo special this year. I absolutely LOVE each and everyone of them and I´m stunned with all the beauty and love, that´s been shown in every one of them too. I really apreciate every card and every little tiny piece ogf goodies from all the parcels too, and I promisse, everything will be used with sooo much love and care, in the new year, that´s for sure. Thanks soooo soooo much everyone of you, I really love everything here sooo much.
Tusind tusind tak alle sammen her, som har sendt mig enten kort eller pakker, og hjulpet med dtil at gøre min december så speciel her i år. Jeg elsker simpelthen bare hver eneste kort og lille ting i de gaver, og jeg lover, at det alt sammen skal blive brugt med omhu og kærlighed, når vi kommer ind i det nye år, det er sikkert og vist. Virkelig mange tak til jer alle sammen for alt her. det er helt fantastisk.

That´s all I have to show here tonight. I hope, you´re all having a great time with all the last preparations for Christmas now, but also take a little time to enjoy life too.
Det var alt, jeg havde at vise jer her idag. Jeg håber, at I alle har en skøn tid med de sidste juleforberedelser, og også lige husker at stoppe op og nyde det også.
Until we meet again next time: / Til vi ses igen næste gang:
Biiig warm hugs / Knuuuuuzer
Maryann

I haven´t had a lot of time left today, as I first went to get the last batch of christmascards mailed, and next we went to get the last christmasgifts bought too, and finally the last bit of groceries, so now I´m thanks god all done with these things, but it also means, I haven´t got much crafty done today, so I haven´t got a lot to share here yet. But then I just found a really fun article, that I had found online a while ago, and I thought maybe it would be great to bring you a really good laugh here tonight, so I hope, you´ll find it as funny as I did, when I first read it, but here it comes:

JOPLIN, Mo. — About a year ago my wife decided
to get into scrapbooking.

Evidently, scrapbooking is big right now. When my wife started, she was working
with a lot of other women who were also putting into books things most people
would throw away. That’s what scrapbooking is to me, by the way. It’s taking
stuff that you should throw away and gluing it into a book that, years later,
you will throw away.

My wife tells me that I don’t understand the purpose of scrapbooks.

“They’re to preserve our memories and tell the story of our lives,” she said.

“I’ve seen most of the story of our lives, and so far I’m not impressed,” I
said.

My wife told me that making scrapbooks will be a way for her to get rid of the
piles of things around our house that she should have thrown away but hasn’t
because they tell the story of our lives.

“Before long, all of those things will be in scrapbooks,” my wife said.

“No, they won’t,” I said.

So, a year after getting bit by the scrapbook bug, my wife has produced three
or four scrapbooks and created 25 additional piles that she says “have to stay
where they are because I’m going to put them in a scrapbook.”

After our March vacation to St. Augustine, Fla., my wife produced two nice
scrapbooks about the trip. To create the scrapbooks, my wife found it necessary
to take 2,348,873 pictures.

“I want to be able to document the trip,” she would say as she was taking a
picture of me coming out of the airport bathroom.

Most of the pictures my wife took are of our 15-year-old daughter Emma and me
holding our hands in front of our faces and telling her to stop taking our
picture.

It got so bad that Emma and I started referring to my wife as “paparazzi” and
eventually got a court order requiring her stay at least 100 yards from us.

We are taking another vacation in the summer, and my wife has already started
working on the scrapbook.

“You realize that we haven’t taken that trip yet?” I asked.

“I’m just getting the pages ready so when we get back I just have to drop the
pictures in,” my wife said.

Because she asked for it, for my wife’s birthday I got her a scrapbooking
machine called a cricket, or a ladybug, or a flea. I’m really not sure what the
machine is called, but I remember it was some sort of insect. What I remember
most about the scrapbooking machine is that it was expensive.

“Will it take the trip for us so we can stay home?” I asked my wife.

My wife told me to be quiet.

She used the expensive scrapbooking machine to create all sorts of cute
vacation-related clip art to stick on the pages of the scrapbook.

One day last week I took a glance at the scrapbook and noticed that my wife had
it organized into days and that on the first day she had us walking through the
city where we will be staying. The next page had us touring a museum in the
same city.

“What if we don’t do those things on that day?” I asked.

“We have to,” my wife said.

“What if we decide to relax around the pool, go to a park or go shopping
instead?” I asked.

“We can’t,” my wife said.

According to my wife, we have to do exactly what the scrapbook says we should
and we have to do it exactly when it says we should.

“You realize that’s insane,” I said to my wife.

“I don’t care,” my wife said.

Based on that, Emma and I have decided that on this trip we are going to ask
that my wife stay 200 yards away from us.

As long as the scrapbook says that’s OK.

Ha ha ha ha I hope, you liked it and got a good laugh from this, I know I did ha ha ha. Have a wonderful day everyone and loads of great fun.

I hope, you´ve enjoyed this and please let me know, what you think of it? And I do have more of these old tutorials, if you´re interested? If you are let me know in the comments below then okay.
Jeg håber, du kunne lí det her, og lad mig vide, hvad I synes om det? og jeg har altså flere af de gamle tutorials, hvis I er interesserede? Hvis I er, så lad mig det vide i kommentarerne okay.

And then I got this new Envelopeboard from We´re Memory Keepers. I have been looking at it for a while, but now I decided I would get it, as I´ve seen sooo many great You Tube videos with soooo many awesome things we can make with this, so I can´t wait to finish all my ongoing projects, so I can get to just play with it.
Og så besluttede jeg mig endelig til, at NU ville jeg há det envelope board her fra We´re Memory Keepers, som jeg har kikket på længe, men ikke helt været overbevist om, men nu har jeg set så mange cool You Tube videoer, med alskens sjove ting, man kan lave med det, så nu glæder jeg mig bare til at blive færdig med alle igangværende projekter, så jeg bare kan lege med det for sjov.

A die from Marianne and some fasteners from TH I needed for some drawers, I need to make here soon, and then I found one bag with these colored scrapbooking rings, and they were very cheap, so grabbed the last bag, I could find.
Så lige en die fra Marianne og nogle håndtagsbrads fra TH, som jeg skulle há, da jeg skal bruge dem til et projekt snart, og så fandt jeg lige en enkelt pose af dise farvede scrapbook rinnge, som var ret billige, så de røg jo så også lige med.

And finally what actually was the reason I needed to go to a craftstore in the first place, as I had run completely out of double sided tape, and how on earth can that happen??? I just can´t understand how I can have grabbed the last one without making a note about it, as I always use to buy that in bulks, but the drawer were just completely empty for this, when I went to get a nrew one LOL. So had to get a few of these too ofcause. ha ha ha
Og endelig det, som faktisk var den egentlige grund til, at jeg overhovedet skulle i en hobbyforretning, da jeg var løbet helt tør for dobbeltsidet tape, selv om guderne må vide hvordan det overhovedet kan ske her hos mig, der altid køber den slags i store partier, når det er på bud, men men da jeg skulle hive en ny ud var skugffen gabende tom dfor den slags her, så det var ret nødvendigt at komme afsted, da det jo selvfølgelig IKKE kan undværes så selvølgelig måtte jeg há nogle stykker af dem også ha ha ha.

But that´s all I´ve got to share with you guys here today. I hope, you´re all having a wonderful day and enjoying the time with family and good friends around.
Det var alt jeg havde til jer her idag venner. Jeg håber, at I alle har en pragtfuld dag og nyder tiden her nu med familie og gode venner omkring jer.
Until we meet again/ Indtil vi ses igen:
Biiiiiig warm hugs/ Knuuuzer
Maryann

Monday, December 16, 2013

Sorry dear friends, I know, that I´ve missed a couple of days here, but my house just got as busy as an International Airport here with people popping in and out all the time ever since friday morning, and the last actually first left here right before dinnertime tonight, so I just haven´t had just one spare moment all week-end.
Undskyld venner, jeg ved godt, at jeg har misset et par dage her med bloggingen, men vores hus har simpelthen været som en International lufthavn her hele week-enden lige siden fredag formiddag, og de sidste har faktisk først forladt os her lige før spisetid iaften, så der har simpelthen ikke været mange ledige øjeblikke hele week-enden.

We use to have a day in a week-end every year, where we´re making goodies with the kids here, and that was planned to be here this saturday, but then my daughter had to go to a test on her school and called and asked if we could pick the girls up from school friday, so we suddenly were in a hurry to get some groceries shopped before they came, so we were ready, and while we were there Another of our granddaughters called and asked, if she could come friday too then, and ofcause she could. So right after hubby sat me of to put all groceries away, he went to pick the girls up, and as soon as they arrived, everything just went in the outer lane with 180 an hour LOL. They wanted to make presents too and hadd some cards they also wanted to make and ofcause some gifttags and so on and on so on it all went, and ofcause as they always sk, they also this time asked to have pancakes, and I can tell you, they can eat A LOT of pancakes, so we were baking pancakes like crazy for 1½ hour, while it only took them 20 minutes to eat them all I think ha ha ha.
But we got it all over and sat down again to draw and color and whatever in the evening, and then it was time for bed, and all 3 girls ofcause had to get ready and we read their bedtimestory and of they went, as we had to begin early the next day, if we would get through all they wanted to do.
Next morning, I started to make the dough to some oatmeal balls we always makes here for christmas, that just HAVE to be there, and they all just love them, so it had to be a big portion, and then we all sat down to roll all these balls and roll them all in cocconutgrates, and while we were doing that, the next of the kids and a couple of friends showed up too, but we all moved on and then it was time to make the marcipan confect too, and now the creaticvity went really high and they started to really play, like it was moddeling clay and went really creative and made lots of fun stuff, but ofcause the smaller girls went a little bored before we finished, so the adults had to step in a bit more and keep them to it, and at 5:30 in the afternoon, they had finally made out of all of it, and I could get on with some dinner, which ended being burgers, cause that´s another of the girls favorites, and ofcause it was all about having a good and cosy time, so finally about 8 PM we could sit down and enjoy a christmasmovie, before it was time to get all the girls ready for bed again and tucked in, and I admit, that when I finally got a little peace and quiert here, it was soo late, that it was NOT blogging I had on mind then LOL. Sunday morning Trine went up already 6:30 and wanted breakfast and about 9AM my oldest son and his family arrived to pick up their youngest daughter, and ofcause they also came for breakfast and spent a couple of hours,before they went on again, and then hubby had promissed to take Tascha and Trine home, as their parents had been to a party the night before, so they were probably a bit tired LOL, but then ourr car decided to strike, so he had to get into that and see if he could get that fixed , but it ended with, we had to call them and they came for the girls, and then they ofcause stayed for dinner too and again it was getting late last night, before they left and no time for blogging again LOL. Then this morning, my other son and his wife arrived about 8Am bringing bread for breakfast, as they had been to see the GP early, and then they first went again around 1 PM and he even came back again a little later, and then he and one of his old friends, who suddenly came by too just left here before dinner, and now I´m finally here, so that´s how my week-end went with people in and out all the time from early morning to late evening.
But here´s a few pictures of the amazing goodies the kids have made during the week-end, and even it maybe don´t look like a million, it tastes really good, and they were soo proud and had a wonderful time doing it.
Vi plejer altid at há en dag hvert år, hvor vi laver konfekt med alle børnebørnene, og i år var det så planlagt til i lørdags. Men allerede fredag formiddag ringede min datter, om vi kunne hente pigerne direkte fra skole lige over middag, da hun skulle til en mellemtest( hun er under uddannelse til Social og sundjhedshjælper) og selvfølgelig kunne vi jo det, men det betød, at vi fik mega travlt med at komme ud og handle, da vi slet ikke var forberedt på alle de unger allerede og var nødt til at få handlet før de alle ankom, og mens vi var der, ringede vores andet barnebarn, om hun så også gerne måtte komme allerede fredag, når de andre to måtte, og ja selvfølgelig gør man ikke forskel, så strakds efter gemalen satte mig af med alle varerne, kørte han så for at hente pigerne, og kom tilbage med dem alle 3 lidt senere. Og straks de ankom røg de lige herud og skulle jo igang med alt muligt, for de skulle há lavet julegaver, julekort og gavemærker og hvad ved jeg, så der var bare tryk på med 180mi overhalingsbanen fra det øjeblik de ankom LOL. Og så til aften havde de jo som altid bestilt pandekager, og de kan altså bare spise rigtig mange de unger, og nu var de jo så en mere, så vi bagte pandekager i 1½ time, selv om det kun tog dem omkring 20 minutter at konsumere alle dem , men det er jo normalt ha ha ha. Men det blev overstået og de satte sig igen til at lave alle deres ting, indtl det var tid at komme ind og blive klar til natten, så vi kunne komme igang med konfekten tidligt lørdag morgen.
Næste morgen fik jeg lavet en kæmpe portion til havregrynskugler, som de alle bare er helt vilde med, så dem skulle der bare være mange af, da alle jo selvfølgelig skulle há noget med hjem også. Mens vi var igang med dem kom det næste barnebarn så også med hendes more og også et par venner dukkede op, men vi måtte jo fortsætte med vores trilleri, og da de endelig var rullet og trillet og helt overstået, var det så igang med marcipanen som blev æltet og farvet i alle regnbuens farver, og så gik de llers amok, som var det moddellervoks, og de havde det virkelig sjovt alle sammen og kreativiteten var stor, i hvert fald i begyndelsen, men så begyndte de mindste at finde det lidt kedeligt, så vi voksne måtte lige steppe ind, så vi endelig langt om længe kunne blive helt færdige ved halv 6 tiden, og så skulle der jo igen tænkes på mad, og det endte så med burgere, som er en anden af deres livretter hjemme hos mormor og det hele gik jo ud på at há en hyggelig tid LOL. Så endelig kl. 8 om aftenen kunne vi sætte os ned og se en sjov julefilm, indtil det var tid for pigerne til at komme ud og blive gjort natklar og komme i seng, og der må jeg indrømme, det var bestemt IKKE blogging jeg havde på programmet dengang, men at finde min seng.
Søndag morgen startede Trine ud allerede kl. 6:30 og ville há morgenmad, og omkring kl 9 kom vores ældste søn og hans familie for at hente ders yngste datter, som først stod op der, og de blev selvfølgelig også og fik morgenmad og hyggede de næste timer, før de tog afsted igen. Og da de var kørt havde Vagn lovet at køre Tascha og Trine hjem, da deres forældre havde været til julefrokost aftenen før, men så besluttede vores bil pludselig at strejke og ville bare overhovedet ikke slå igang, så vi måtte ringe til dem og sige, at vi ikke kunne komme over med dem, så de måtte så komme her og selvfølgelig blev de så også til middag, nu de alligevel var kommert herud mens drengene kikkede på vores bil, og vi fik pakket alle pigernes ting sammen i deres, så det blev igen ret sent og min energi var mere end godst brugt, så det var bare lige ½ times med en kop kaffe i fred, og så på hovedet i seng. Og så endelig her til morgen ankom vores yngste søn og hans pige, med brød til morgenmad omktring kl 8, da de havde været til læge med hende (hun er gravid) og så var formiddagen faktisk gået før de kørte igen, og så skulle jeg endelig til at finde bunden i mit hus her, så eftermiddagen er stort set gået med at gøre rent efter alle udskejelserne og så kom junior endda tilbage igen i eftermiddags og jeg fik lavet aftensmad, så derfor har jeg kun lige fået indhentet de mest nødvendige på min mail og blog her idag og får først blogget nu, så I får ikke det helt vilde bare lige nogæe billeder af ungernes anstrngelse med ders konfekt. Det ligner måske ikke en hel million, men det smager pragtgtfuldt, og de havde en skøn week-end og var bare sååå stolte alle samme, og det er det det kommer an på.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

As you know it was our anniversary yesterday, so as I thought, we got compagny yesterday, so I diodn´t get time to finish anything, but just want to show you the gorgeous flowers my daughter and son and their families brought us together with a box of Toffeefee for dad and Marzipanbread for mum LOL.

Mini Album Challenge group

Give Away

Marianne Design

I´m a fan here

Really Reasonable Ribbon

The Ribbon Girl

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A little about me

Hi, My name is Maryann. I´m 54 y.o., married with 4 grown kids and 8 grandkids. We live in a very rural area, where the skyes are high and we can hear the birds singing in the morning, and see a fox run over the fields or a phesant walks around in the garden.

I´ve always been a crafter of some kind, but it´s devellopped quite a bit, since I disabled my back some years ago and got on healthretirement back then, so today I´m doing almost any thinkable craft, that´s involving paper or felt. I´m totally addicted to gorgeous paper and beautiful ribbons and bling. And I just love the challenge to make something creative out of all kinds of things, that all other people would throw in the trash. I love special folded cards and boxes and different giftwrapping and always looking out for new giftideas. I find my inspiration everywhere, it can be a book, a picture or something in the TV, or something quite different.

I hope, you´ll enjoy it inhere and I hope, I somehow can be an inspiration for you in your work too, and you´re always welcome to contact me and ask, if you have any questions about anything inhere, and I´ll always be happy to help, if I possibly can.